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KMID : 0895820120220030225
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Journal of Oriental Rehabilitation Medicine
2012 Volume.22 No. 3 p.225 ~ p.234
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Two Case Studies on the Patients Suffer from Referral Retro-orbital Pain by Splenius Cervicis Muscle
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Hwang Eun-Mi
Park Young-Hoi
Keum Dong-Ho
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Abstract
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We have researched the effects of conservative treatment on two patients who suffer from retro-orbital pain after whiplash injury. We investigated what caused referral retro-orbital pain so that we draw improvement about the symptom. We diagnosed the patient`s symptom as referral retro-orbital pain caused by splenius cervicis muscle with medical examination by interview and physical exam. So, acupuncture therapy was used to treat the patients. we measured visual analog scale(VAS) before and after treatment. As a result, the patients improved remarkably and VAS score was declined sharply when we applied acupuncture therapy on the a-shi point of splenius cervicis muscle. Therefore, we are certain that referral retro-orbital pain can be caused by splenius cervicis muscle damaged by whiplash injury. It shows dramatical and satisfactory progress by acupuncture therapy to relax shortening of splenius cervicis muscle with upper trigger point.
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KEYWORD
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Referral retro-orbital pain, Splenius cervicis muscle, Trigeminal-cervical nucleus
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